I'm trying to understand the correct way to manage both a 2.4 and 2.5 installation on the same machine (mac 10.5.4). Actually, I have several installed already, and I'd like to clean up this mess, but I'm afraid of breaking things. Here's what I have installed:
1) python that comes with leopard: $ /usr/bin/python -V Python 2.5.1 $ ll /usr/bin/python lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 72 Mar 2 23:58 /usr/bin/python@ -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/python 2) python installed by macports (can't remember why I seemed to need this, or that the system python wasn't enough): $ /opt/local/bin/python2.5 -V Python 2.5.2 3) python 2.4 installed from dmg: http://www.pythonmac.org/packages/py24-fat/dmg/python-2.4.4-macosx2006-10-18.dmg (I had tried to install 2.4 from macports, but this failed for some reason -- I needed 2.4 for a project): $ /usr/local/bin/python -V Python 2.4.4 $ ll /usr/local/bin/python lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 68 Jul 24 16:24 /usr/local/bin/python@ -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/bin/python 4) looks like I've got a 2.3 installed too (/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3) My questions are: - Is there a better way to install 2.4 to live along side 2.5? - How to uninstall the 2.4 version cleanly? - Why does one live under /System/Library and the other under /Library (I notice a bunch of things under /Library that appear to be duplicates, e.g. perl, tcl, etc)? - Should I upgrade my system 2.5 version to 2.5.2 (and the correct method)? Thanks, wh -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/managing-python-2.4-and-2.5-on-leopard-tp18899870p18899870.html Sent from the Python - pythonmac-sig mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
